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Theories of Personality

Here are a few resources that may be helpful as you work on your paper: Looking for books? Try searching the library catalog. Looking for articles? Try using these library resources. Here are the subject-specific library databases (search engines) that might be useful to your theorist/theory: Credo (encyclopedia/pictures) Encyclopaedia Britannica (encyclopedia) Academic Search: This is [...]

Intro to Con Law library help

Looking for help finding those Court cases for class? Check out this video to help you get started. All you’ll need is a case name. Have any cases where the name isn’t in the Person vs. Person format? LexisNexis isn’t great at finding those without a little help. Try locating the citation number and using [...]

General Resources for Sociology

Looking for books? Start with the library catalog: If you need help finding a book on the shelf, come find a librarian! Library search engines (databases) are a great place to find scholarly journal articles or other sources for your paper. Each search engine has a different flavor/subject area it covers. Academic Search: This is [...]

Resources for Social Theory

Here are a few resources that may be helpful as you work on your paper: Assignment sheet: Your Bible for this project, it’s the place to go to for clarifications about the paper APA citation guide: A PDF quick guide to APA style for your bibliography and paper. The guide can help you tweak those [...]

Race, Class, and Gender film assignment

This blog post will be your homebase for this assignment. I’ve tried to put all the necessary resources at your fingertips. Is there something else you think should be here? Let me know! Film assignment: in case you lose your copy Powerpoint from class Movies: List of the possible movie options for class Now that [...]

Men/women in contemporary society assignment

This post is your one stop shop for this assignment. Is there something else you think should be here, but isn’t? Let me know! The assignment options (because it’s hard to complete the project if you don’t know what the assignment is!): Paper option Fieldwork option Doing the research-Where to look Some of you will [...]

PSY354- Abnormal Psychology

So now that you’ve picked your topics for your Mental Illness Research Paper, it’s time to start finding those 10 required sources! These can include books, articles, websites, etc. This blog post can help you get started with that. Search tips: Sometimes the official name of a disorder and the one used by the catalog [...]

Welcome to new sociology majors

Hi! I’m Becky Canovan, the liaison librarian for Sociology. I just wanted to say welcome to UD. As the sociology librarian, I’m here to help with all your research needs for your classes, but feel free to ask questions about anything. If I don’t know the answer I’ll be sure to find someone who does. [...]

Implicit Associations Test

Just a few links we’ll be using in class today! Searching for articles What is an Implicit Associations Test (IAT) used for in the real world? Using one of the library search engines below, search for “implicit association test” (Don’t forget to put it in quotes so the search engine knows to search for it [...]

Engagement platforms

Response to: Kent CC case study – Engaging staff in improvement and innovation Hi Stuart, Many thanks for sharing this case study about the great work at Kent. It’s really good to see the senior level commitment to the approach and brilliant that staff are getting the opportunity to implement their ideas. It is timely, [...]